Mayonnaise-oil dropper.



S. E. GREASEY.

MAYONNAISB OIL DROPPER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1910.

1,016,481 Patented Feb. 6. 1912.

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SAMUEL E. CREASEY, OF SANFORD, MAINE.

MAYONNAISE-OIL DROPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 11, 1910.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Serial No. 554,759.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. CRnAsEY, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Sanford, county of York, and State of Maine, haveinvented an Improvement in Mayonnaise-Oil Droppers, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is aspecification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple, efficient, andinexpensive device for dropping oil during the mixing of mayonnaisesalad dressing. Various devices have been arranged for this purpose butthey are in general more or less complicated and require special mixingvessels, and consequently, involve considerable expense.

The present invention provides a device which may be attached to anyordinary bowl of suitable size, and which will drop the oil into thebowl at precisely the rate desired, and which is so arranged as to leavethe interior of the bowl practically unobstructed, thus enabling thesalad dressing to be mixed by the use of an ordinary egg beater.

The'nature of the invention will more fully appear from the accompanyingdescription and drawings and will be particularly pointed out in theclaims.

The drawings represent a preferred form of the invention in position onan ordinary porcelain or china bowl.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in central, vertical cross-sectionof an ordinary china or porcelain bowl with the device embodying thisinvention mounted thereon; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the constructionshown in Fig. 1.

The device comprises an oil reservoir which may be made of variousshapes, but preferably its inner wall 1 is cylindrical in form andformed on the curve corresponding to that of some ordinary size bowl,while the other wall may take the form of a portion ofa cylinder 2 ofsmaller diameter, but it is obvious that the shape of the reservoir isnot important. The bottom 3 of the reservoir is flat.

At its interior edge the reservoir is provided with depending flanges 4.and 5. These flanges are cylindrical and concentric and sufficientlyspaced to receive and grip the rim portion of an ordinary bowl. In theform shown, the flange 4: is a continuation downwardly of the interiorwall 1 of the bowl and both flanges are shown as continuous, although itis obvious that they need not be continuous throu hout their extent. Thedevice is also provlded with a leg 6 projecting downwardly from thebottom of the reservoir at a point opposite the depending flanges sothat when the reservoir is removed from the bowl and placed upon thetable, or other flat surface, it will stand upright and not spill theoil.

A spigot extends from the interior wall of the reservoir, opening intothe reservoir at the bottom. This spigot 7 projects over the interior ofthe bowl and by means of the valve 8 can be regulated to drop the oil atany rate desired. It will thus be seen that the interior of the bowl isleft substantially unobstructed, thus enabling an ordinary egg beater tobe used for mixing the dressing.

The device can be made in different sizesv to fit different sized bowlsif desired. It may also be provided with a ring 9 by means of which itmay be hung up when not in use.

The device is preferably made of sheet metal, such as ordinary kitchenutensils are made of, and having no complicated or elaborate parts isreadily cleansed despite the nature of the oil which it is adapted toreceive and feed into the bowl.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A mayonnaise oil dropper comprising a reservoir provided withdepending flanges adapted to grip the rim of a bowl and sup port thereservoir thereon, a spigot projecting from said reservoir over thebowl, and a leg depending from said reservoir to form with said flangessupports for maintaining said reservoir level when detached from thebowl and placed upon a table or other flat surface.

2. A mayonnaise oil dropper comprising a reservoir having its front wallcylindrical and extended below the reservoir to form a cylindricaldepending flange, a second concentric, depending, cylindrical flangesecured to the reservoir and adapted together with the first-mentionedflange to receive and grip the rim of a bowl and support the reservoirIn testimony whereof, I have signed mythereon, a spigot projecting fromsaid resername to this specification, in the presence of voir over thebowl, and a leg depending t-wo subscribing witnesses.

from said reservoir to form with said flanges SAMUEL E. CREASEY.supports for maintaining said reservoir level Witnesses: when detachedfrom the bowl and placed VON. E. GERRY, upon a table or other flatsurface. WALTER K. EMERY.

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' Washington, I). C.

